Stability or stasis in the names of organisms: The evolving codes of nomenclature

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1444, 2004, Pages 611-622

  Knapp, Sandra ^a   Lamas, Gerardo ^b   Lughadha, Eimear Nic ^c   Novarino, Gianfranco ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Botany; History of nomenclature; Microbiology; Naming; Taxonomy; Zoology

Indexed keywords

NOMENCLATURE; TAXONOMY;

EID: 1942489812     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1445     Document Type: Review

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